1. Additional guidance on the hazards and safe manipulation of these compounds can be obtained from the following sources: (a) product bulletins from the Ethyl Corporation, the Lithium Corporation of America, MSA Research Corporation, and Texas Alkyls; and (b) introductory discussion of manipulation in the Houben-Weyl volumes, “Methoden der Organischen Chemie,” which cover organometallic compounds.
2. Biological cycles for toxic elements in the environment;Wood's;Science,1974
3. “The Toxic Substances List,”,1974
4. Under contract from NIOSH this author has made a survey of organometallic compounds used either in industry and commerce or in development and research laboratories. The toxicity of these approximately 1100 organometallics and their degradation products is undetermined.
5. See “Laboratory Waste Disposal Manual,” pp. 176. Manufacturing Chemists Association, 1825 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., 20009, 1975.